The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-04
censrreA. Tel ne not that knowl'
edge doea not elevate . man. soften m

6Qko oOou uut oIoNobt y mhus boiSs
heart, and make him forgiving.
ain the famous JaTdin dee Plantes,
situated on tho opposite side and two
miles above the Louvre. on the river
Seine, are almost an infinite variety oil
collections, And, thanks 10 the laDois
oil the great phTenologist Coll, there
are here collected cranis Of oil natlons
and races; crspis from tho lowest
animala up TO tho highest; crsnia
from the lowest buma0a up TO the
highest, and these are 80 arranged ON
toe shelves that tho highest form OF
monkeys are h juxt8posiion with the
lowest ioIms Of man, and they sbsde
into each Other 10 gradually thai IL lie
diff ult TO tell Just whore the man
Ike monkey C9ases and tho monkey
ike man beRIDs
"Pfoi. o +. Digit, M. d., professor
Il anatomy aid physiology in the
American medical college In Beirut,
Syrie,Iin q lecant visit 10 Jerusalem,
Palestine, made g. examination aud
look the mes urtmentB Of a collection
Of human bkulle, which arc stored away
IN tho old mon sstery AZ Nhr Ssba, q
I W miles down tho Kodron Valley,
midway between Jerueslem ard the
Dead asa These arc the skulls of
early chrlslian monks, who, In the
6i.h and sixth centuiee, lived along
this valley and in and around Jeru.
aalem.
I'm A. ID. GA the Psrslana Invaded
their territory and mastered great
numbers OF them. They were eau.
cssians, and likely Greeks and Rom ans,
OF the ninety one skulls critically OK.
smlned by Prof, Digit, the average
was found TO be less than at the pres.
emit time. and IL Is Mechanically
demonstrated that the horizontal
antero-posterlor circumference has In.
creased " inches. The increase was
TO lees tx ,ent In height aud not al
oil In width, and tho gain In capacity
has been 81 cubic inches. This gaia
IN capacity is dus 10 increaEe In hight
ard length, aud MOI at all 10 au increase
In width, which means an increase In
tho tiES Of the upper and anterior
portion Of the brsln-the very pari
which We would expect TO grow by
education and advancing civilization
since these parts preside over the
moral aud intellectus! factions. The
lower portion. being the psrts which
preside over the sefih propensitiet
and inferior functions and which give
breadth 90 the hesd, beiug called less
into sotivily a. education aud civlllEa.
ton advance, have failed 10 grow o.
rapidly 10 the more exercised por.
tionsj hence our skulls have not In.
cress ID In width.
ut has been observed for some line,
from q comparison OF tho skulls oil
mumnlea aud others Of ancient date,
which were preserved by accident
with those Of our race OF the present
day, that the former we're inferior In
sssi but Che opp onents Of evolution
have sfgued that the races we're not
the Same. Bat here We have q large
number oil Caucasian skulls which,
aftes sieep Of nearly thirteen cent.
uries, have bsen taken mp and criti.
cally Examined. and II Is q demon
strated TACT that they are not 6Snal In
capacity TO the ekulls Of the same race
al the present tino. Certainly this Ia
anothoe demonstration In support OF
evolution by which no one whS thinks
eau fall 10 be Impressed. In esti nat.
Ing the gain In capacity, II must be 70.
mem bsrsd that those monks we're
fully mp 10 or In advance OF the aver.
age man q their day.
"Were an angel Of light 10 sniold 10
us the pages Of the mighty past, We
would. no doubt, in reslislng the gceat
depth from which man has sprung, In
viewing bis strugslings mp from dense
Ignorance, sustaining life amidst gla
eIal cold and forced TO wage incessant
war against aerce animals and neigh.
boring clans, we no doubt could see
how he deve oped those qualities,
which made our civilization possible,
aud no doubt we would agree with
many Of our present thinkers that he
has bat olevsdy begun 10 think Tor
him elf and but fairly started on hit
great missisn here
"0od made the earth; geology 40
counts Tor this stupendous creation by
slow acting causes us, 90 natural .,
the pentle murmurings Of q river. Co
made man; evolution accounts io
lhis a. the result a laws acting JOS
a. naturally a. the quiet unfolding o
tho buds In the ephngtime. IL 10
great mistake 10 imagine q thing 4
GU, Of tho hands u the Creator slm
ply becsure II ha. . history or can b,
explained by laws. All things hsv,
histories aud Laws. This troubls IL
We do MT understand them.
ain studying the anaton ny OF man
We zee many rellcts Of the anima
which tlms aud development have no
wholly b 'itersted, hat which are les
distinct In proportion 10 HE ascent
In studying thu moral nature a man
We also OBJ lerve many Telics OF tn
snimal In the form Of bare passion
aud vicious habits, but fiAd them 4
give way In proportion as he hls o,
oended the Gale "a development.
"Bons men AFRO % opposed 10 God
having made the v rid In accord Wit
q natural and scientific manner. whel
20 far az thsy have studied bis work
they have { ADD them this way. Ma
In hin m ost advanced efforts Il but
feeble imitator Of the Great Scientist
This greater you make nature Oh
graader you make God. Mediat
creation 10 10 acc ord with science an,
the record OF tho eternal rocks. In
mediate creation 10 In accord With III
miraculous aud the Interpretation OF
supetstltous ago. We leave you b
dceide which 10 the grander concep
tlon Of God. 10 vieu him working b
lAv, or by miracle.
at has been tfulhiully said tbs
constitutions grow: they are not mad,
Thie 10 equally true Of all other inslitu
tlonS. aud Of the aris and sciences
| Verify. there IL an evolution In al
thlnes. and today b but the pFoiuC
u Ill other days.
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